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WITH a quick signature and the donning of a cap Tuesday night, East Jackson’s Cody Alford fulfilled a dream a long time in the making. The Eagle tight end and linebacker has signed to play college football at Mars Hill, a Division II school in western North Carolina. “I’ve always wanted to play college football, ever since I was 5 years ...
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EAST JACKSON’S Jeff Chandler completed his late-season run in style, finishing third in the 285-lb. class Saturday at the state meet at Gwinnett Arena. Chandler dropped to the consolation bracket after a semifinal loss to eventual champion Destry Walker from Cook County, but rebounded with a win over Bradley Rossen from East Laurens and Matt ...
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Spring has not sprung yet, but spring sports at Banks County High School have sprung into action this past week. Soccer gets the early start on the season with matches in February. Golf, tennis, baseball and track will play catch up to soccer as the next two months go by. Banks County varsity soccer began its season with a game at East Jackson ...
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In less than one week New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin went from sitting on the very end of the bench to outscoring future Hall of Famer Kobe Bryant in Madison Square Garden. Last Friday Lin dropped 38 points on the Los Angeles Lakers en route to a 92-85 victory; while Bryant finished the game with 34 points. And it’s not just that he ...
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Leah Gearing scored four goals over three games to lead the Madison County Middle School girls soccer team to a perfect 3-0 record and the championship of the first Madison County Mustang Kickoff Classic soccer tournament Feb. 11 at the Madison County Sports Complex and Raider Field. Meanwhile, the Mustang boys got goals from five different ...
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ZACH Moore assured a happy ending for both himself and his team at the state wrestling meet. In his final career match, Moore won the Class AA 120-lb. title Saturday at Gwinnett Arena to secure a sixth-place team finish for the Panthers. The team’s goal going in was to finish in the top 10. Click here for pictures. For Moore, it was a fitting ...
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THE DRAGON basketball team couldn’t complete the second leg of championship Saturday for Jefferson High School. The school’s wrestling team won the state title in Gwinnett that evening, but the top-seeded basketball team lost the region championship 84 miles away at Hart County with a 51-43 setback against no. 3 seed Dawson County. Click ...
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JEFFERSON coach Doug Thurmond didn’t want to be greedy. In fact, he was a very happy man upon totalling up all his team’s accomplishments. With nine state finalists, two individual champions and a 12th consecutive traditional state title to boot, the Dragons’ performance at the state tournament at Gwinnett Arena was vintage Jefferson. ...
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